Product Description
Inspired by the idea of representation in music
to express my feeling, I started to compose this song cycle from the beginning
of May to the beginning of June. In this song cycle, I aimed to spread an
ironic message to reflect the loss of humanity of human using the poems about
winter by Mr. William Shakespeare for text painting.
The key of the featured song "Blow, Blow Thou Winter wind" is B
minor. It portrays a cold and miserable feeling. The first phrase "Blow, blow,
thou winter wind" shows a blowing effect especially in the work "blow" in the
voice part. This makes the phrase more flowing. The second verse "heigh-ho!
Sing, heigh-ho! Unto the green holly" describes a resonant sounding effect. The
second phrase "Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly" criticizes
the dark side of friendship and love, so the key changes back to minor, which
serves as a contrast to the previous phrase. The main idea of this verse: "this
life is most jolly" ends with a major to emphasize the description of numerous
negative feeling with hope and joy.
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